Presenters

In 2005 Ian Wright founded Wrightspeed, building turbine powered electric drivetrains for the commercial vehicle industry.
Follow Ian’s uncompromising journey to find alternative means to power vehicles. Where better to start than the least environmentally friendly sector: heavy vehicles.

Heavy Vehicle Industry Australia

Todd joins HVIA, after spending 6 years in a senior role for a related national peak body advocating for the heavy construction materials industry. In this role his advocacy was responsible for landmark decisions across the regulatory sphere, adding value back to the industry. Prior to this role, Todd had senior roles in Government, bothRead More

Heavy Vehicle Industry Australia

Greg Forbes – Heavy Vehicle Industry Australia – Greg Forbes has more than twenty years’ experience in formulating and implementing strategic reform programs at both the state and national level. Greg spent more than two decades working in a series of senior roles within the WA Department of Transport. Greg has also spent time onRead More

Heavy Vehicle Industry Australia - Director

Heavy Vehicle Industry Australia

Paul is a mechanical engineer who has extensive experience in both light and Heavy vehicles. He began his career with in heavy vehicles in fleet management at RTA (NSW) , and then as a compliance engineer for Hino. He then moved on to Hino’s sister company, Toyota, initially as a product development engineer in theirRead More

UC Logistics Australia and iFR8.com.au

Urszula Kelly, Managing Director and Founder of UC Logistics Australia and iFR8.com.au, Young Professional of the Year Award Winner at the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport Australia (CILTA) National Excellence Awards. Brings over 10 years of experience from both Europe and Australia in pursuing her passion of improving the industry through safety, innovation, commitment,Read More

Kim is an international freight consultant whose transport career began at the Bureau of Transport Economics in Canberra in 1987 and then progressed to being national manager Transport Operations and Regulation and Transport Strategy for Australia Post’s Headquarters in Melbourne up until 2005. He chairs the National Truck Accident Research Centre in Australia and isRead More

Advantia Transport Consulting

Rob Di Cristoforo BEng(Aero)(Hons) CMILT RPEQ Managing Director, Advantia Transport Consulting Rob has designed and evaluated the on-road performance of safer and more productive road freight vehicle configurations for more than 18 years. In 2008 Rob founded Advantia Transport Consulting and now leads a team of engineers who deliver an array of highly sought-after servicesRead More

National Heavy Vehicle Regulator

Peter started with the NHVR in 2015 and is responsible for implementing policy and legislation relating to vehicle safety standards and the performance based standards scheme. Before coming to the NHVR, he worked for Queensland’s Department of Transport and Main Roads, where his focus was on vehicle safety standards, identification and registration. Backed by aRead More

National Heavy Vehicle Regulator

Scania Australia

Alfons is Senior Technical Product Manager at Scania Australia. He is a senior Automotive Engineer (Heavy Diesel Equipment) and Automotive Management Consultant, with over twenty five years experience Asia- Pacific region including Australia, South East Asia, Hong Kong, Taiwan and New Zealand.